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Everybody pick a driver each week. Nobody picks the same driver, picking is first come first served. The thread will be posted weekly. By rule, I get to pick Jeff Burton each week if I am so compelled. The newly released off probation and racelog co-host Keeping Score gets to pick Joe Nemechek every week. Tally up the points of the driver yous pick each week and reset the field after the Richmond race. This will be a 26 week play-in to the Chase For The Cup.
This means there will only be 43 spots available in this contest. SO SIGN UP EARLY AND OFTEN(you mults yous).


Then, starting with the first Chase race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, the Top 12 posters shall be assigned to the driver corresponding in the SPRINT CUP standings. They keep this driver for the duration of the Chase. The chosen 12 will also get to pick a driver out of the Chase to make things more interesting. And rack up the points for the championship.

Confused? Good. Reward? Yes. A prize of undetermined greatness will be given out after the season.

1. If you pick someone and one of the players ahead of you in the standings want that driver, you have to pick another driver. This will go on for the rest of the season, just like NASCAR. If you don't pick another driver by the drop of the green flag you will be assigned the best available driver based on qualifying. A poster can only have their pick bumped ONCE per week. Your second pick will be protected from getting bumped a second time. Unless someone uses a Dealbreaker award on you.

*Dealbreaker award
This rule has been added to let someone who picks a race winner to be given a Dealbreaker award. It would let the poster either pick bump anyone(except the leader) ahead of them in the standings or take somebodys second pick. It can be saved and used at anytime during the regular season, even right before the drop of the green flag. The Dealbreaker award is a regular season gimmick and none will be given during the playoff season. The awards can transfer to the playoffs, but all deals must be complete by the last regular season race Week 26 at Richmond.

Any players who get their pick bumped or somebody goes and uses the Dealbreaker on them, they will be PM'ed in a timely manner as possible. Dealbreaker awards are able to be bought, sold, or bartered. Players don't have to use them every week or ever use them at all and sell them to players that would really need it late in the regular season. The Dealbreaker may be dealt for straight cash homie, or you can trade some of your points, or work out something to job a player ahead of you in the standings.

Shenanigans are endorsed and encouraged by the Rules Cabal. All trades, deals, and any other kind of brilliant schemes must be presented in the weekly thread and approved by the Rules Cabal for them to be used that week. The value of the Dealbreaker award has yet to been set. I'll leave that up to those involved in the dealings. And let anyone say a single cross word about the Rules Cabal decisions and watch what happens.

2. Driver picking priority will be based off of the weekly standings. Enforcement of rule #1 is ironclad and absolute, unless I feel otherwise or my belly is filled with party liquor. Whichever occurs first.
3. Up to 43 people will be eligible for the contest during the first 26 races of the season. Once the Chase To The Cup starts, only the top 12 will advance to the playoffs.
4. You can sign up and never make a pick, you'll be assigned the best available driver based on qualifying that week.
5. Failure to abide by these rules will be dealt with the most harsh and unfair of judgements by the NASCAR Pick 'em rules cabal, err, committee.

Overall Standings
After Week 25

Total Pts. Player _____________Driver
943 Boilermaker Rick****** ____NP-Joey Logano
859 Dr. Ken*****____________Denny Hamlin
851 Terry's Peeps**** ________*Kyle Busch
850 Free Ajent* ______________Brad Keselowski(pm'ed pick)
823 Urlacher's missing neck*** __*Jeff Gordon
816 RFDC** _________________Tony Stewart
795 newper** ________________Greg Biffle
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776 Scorehead** ____________Jimmie Johnson
755 Hawg Ass _______________Dale Earnhardt Jr.
753 spanky* ________________NP-Landon Cassill
751 chaspoppcap* ____________Kasey Kahne
742 donspiracy ______________*Matt Kenseth
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737 Gloopan Kuratz ___________*Martin Truex Jr.
---SILLY SEASON---55th Annual Daytona 500---February 24, 2013---
687 Peoria Matt* ____________Clint Bowyer
680 SHARK __________________Mark Martin
670 doug-ep ________________*Ryan Newman
665 mcbrides ________________NP-Carl Edwards
659 Hatchetman _____________*D-Kevin Harvick
645 Keeping Score* ___________NP-Aric Almirola
620 jimmypasta ______________NP-Michael McDowell
620 sjboyd0137 ______________NP-Jeff Burton
618 Apologist ________________Sam Hornish Jr.
606 City Of Fools ____________*NP-Regan Smith
576 K Effective _____________NP-Marcos Ambrose
*Dealbreaker award ___________
Final regular season race at Richmond nest Saturday night. Denny Hamlin goes back to back with his 4th win, and now most likely will be the driver Boilermaker Rick will have for the Chase For The Cup. Only JJ or Keselowski winning can change his driver. Those two and Tony Stewart all have three wins and take at least 9 points into the Chase. Kahne and points leader Greg Biffle both have two wins. *PLEASE NOTE: This contest is not going to follow the Sprint Cup rules of not allowing the Wild Card drivers to get the race wins bonus of 3 points each. Wins get you in, but can't get the wins points, huh? Indeed, drivers win bonus points transfer with the players to the Chase.

Pick 'em Chase Lineup(subject to change)
Pts. Driver
12 Hamlin
9 Johnson
9 Keselowski
9 Stewart
6 Biffle
6 Kahne-WC1
3 Earnhardt Jr.
3 Kenseth
3 Bowyer
3 Ky. Busch-WC2
0 Truex Jr.
0 Harvick

UMN and newper clinch their spot in the Chase. Peoria Matt, SHARK, doug-ep, mcbrides, and Hatchetman have all been knocked out and will not transfer. Carl Edwards blown motor moves Gloopan down to 13th. Scorehead only needs to pick 35th place finisher or better next week to clinch a spot. That leaves five players with four spots remaining. Less than 20 points separating them. Saturday night in Richmond will set the field for the Chase.


RACE LINEUP
Federated Auto Parts 400 | Richmond International Raceway
September 08, 2012 | Race 26 of 36



POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND
1 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard 127.023 21.256 Leader
2 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger 126.981 21.263 -0.007
3 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row / Farm American 126.910 21.275 -0.019
4 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-hour Energy 126.808 21.292 -0.036
5 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 126.790 21.295 -0.039
6 55 Mark Martin Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 126.784 21.296 -0.040
7 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Express 126.671 21.315 -0.059
8 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 126.600 21.327 -0.071
9 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 126.553 21.335 -0.079
10 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 126.547 21.336 -0.080
11 22 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 126.410 21.359 -0.103
12 83 Landon Cassill Toyota Burger King 126.139 21.405 -0.149
13 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser 126.080 21.415 -0.159
14 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Quicken Loans 126.074 21.416 -0.160
15 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 126.033 21.423 -0.167
16 99 Carl Edwards Ford Kellogg's 126.033 21.423 -0.167
17 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Best Buy 125.974 21.433 -0.177
18 43 Aric Almirola Ford Smithfield 125.939 21.439 -0.183
19 98 Michael McDowell Ford Phil Parsons Racing 125.880 21.449 -0.193
20 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 125.845 21.455 -0.199
21 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet Quaker State 125.722 21.476 -0.220
22 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Mac Tools 125.692 21.481 -0.225
23 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M / Owens & Minor 125.599 21.497 -0.241
24 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 125.546 21.506 -0.250
25 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Menards / Moen 125.511 21.512 -0.256
26 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Allstate 125.389 21.533 -0.277
27 34 David Ragan Ford Taco Bell 125.389 21.533 -0.277
28 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1 125.371 21.536 -0.280
29 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Bush's Baked Beans 125.342 21.541 -0.285
30 51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet Phoenix Construction 125.226 21.561 -0.305
31 30 David Stremme Toyota Inception Motorsports 125.052 21.591 -0.335
32 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota Burger King / Dr Pepper 124.988 21.602 -0.346
33 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Tommy Baldwin Racing 124.890 21.619 -0.363
34 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AM / FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves 124.879 21.621 -0.365
35 38 David Gilliland Ford Mossy Oak / Pursuit Channel 124.746 21.644 -0.388
36 33 Stephen Leicht* Chevrolet Special Ops OPSEC 124.723 21.648 -0.392
37 10 David Reutimann Chevrolet Inc. 5000 / @TMone 6-peat 124.706 21.651 -0.395
38 23 Scott Riggs Chevrolet North Texas Pipe 124.539 21.680 -0.424
39 32 Ken Schrader Ford Federated Auto Parts 124.407 21.703 -0.447
40 119 Mike Bliss Toyota Plinker Tactical 124.315 21.719 -0.463
41 26 Josh Wise* Ford MDS Transport 124.161 21.746 -0.490
42 13 Casey Mears Ford GEICO 124.087 21.759 -0.503
43 191 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet Plinker Tactical 123.779 21.813 -0.557
Did Not Qualify
44 37 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Max Q Workforce 123.468 21.868 -0.612
45 0 Mark Green Toyota Blue Ox 120.962 22.321 -1.065
+ Set by Owner Points
* Denotes Rookie

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Kyle Busch

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Hamlin

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Brad Keslowski!

Wait....

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

Jr.

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#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

Hamlin

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You know me like that.

2nd pick- Kyle Busch

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doug has been pm'ed.

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UMN pm'ed me for Kyle, I'll let him know he should make another pick.

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Jeffy Gordon

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

There are a handful of NSCS drivers fighting for the 2 Wildcard spots Saturday night, the last NASCAR Sprint Cup race before the "Chase for the Cup" begins next Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway. One guy who won't be there is a driver that has 2 poles, 4 top 5s & 6 top 10s at Richmond. He's also coming off a 10th place finish in Atlanta Sunday night. I'll take this guy to likely make things an absolute mess when the dust settles Saturday night on the short track in Richmond.

SHARK's PICK: Federated Auto Parts 400
#55 MARK MARTIN Aaron's Dream Machine TOYOTA

Ryan Newman

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Kasey Kahne

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Hornish

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1926-1931-1934-1942-1944-1946-1964-1967-1982-2006-2011

Harvick

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Tony Stewart

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Harvick

Biffle

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

While his Richmond performance has been lousy, I'll take Jimmie.

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Harvick

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CoF and Hatchetman have been pm'ed.

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Yes. If you use it on a player that has a Dealbreaker, they can take it right back by using one of their own.

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dealbreaker harvick

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Gloop has been pm'ed.

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bowyer

2nd pick Truex jr.

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khane

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

Matt Kenseth

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Overall Standings
After Week 26

Total Pts. Player _____________Fin.-Pts. Driver
957 Boilermaker Rick****** ____30th-14 Joey Logano
887 Dr. Ken*****____________18th-28 Denny Hamlin
887 Free Ajent* ______________7th-37 Brad Keselowski
879 Terry's Peeps**** ________16th-28 Kyle Busch
866 Urlacher's missing neck*** __2nd-43 Jeff Gordon
855 RFDC** _________________4th-41 Tony Stewart
830 newper** ________________9th-35 Greg Biffle
808 Scorehead** ____________13th-32 Jimmie Johnson
784 chaspoppcap* ____________12th-33 Kasey Kahne
784 Hawg Ass _______________14th-31 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
781 donspiracy ______________5th-39 Matt Kenseth
778 spanky* ________________19th-25 Landon Cassill
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---SILLY SEASON---55th Annual Daytona 500---February 24, 2013---
761 Gloopan Kuratz ___________21st-24 Martin Truex Jr.
734 Peoria Matt** ____________1st-47 Clint Bowyer
721 SHARK __________________3rd-41 Mark Martin
707 doug-ep ________________8th-37 Ryan Newman
693 Hatchetman _____________10th-34 Kevin Harvick
692 mcbrides ________________17th-27 Carl Edwards
663 Keeping Score* ___________26th-18 Aric Almirola
658 sjboyd0137 ______________6th-38 Jeff Burton
651 Apologist ________________11th-33 Sam Hornish Jr.
626 City Of Fools ____________24th-20 Regan Smith
624 jimmypasta ______________41st-4 Michael McDowell
605 K Effective _____________15th-29 Marcos Ambrose
*Dealbreaker award ___________

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Eliminated and I pick the winner. What a shocker.